[Wolves] SuSE'rs

[Mo Awkati]

Ron, A big thanks from me too. :-)

The only question I have is: once you are at the
command line and you type rpm etc how does the command
know where to look for the package? for example, how
does it know the package is on afloppy and not a
CD-ROM?

Cheers

Mo


 --- Ron Wellsted <ron at wellsted.org.uk> wrote: > On
Monday 01 March 2004 21:46, Rob Annable wrote:
> > Anybody here use SuSE?
> >
> > Been having trouble with installing new software. 
> On the rare occasion I
> > find a pre-compiled RPM file (a god send to a
> newbie like me), it keeps
> > defaulting to my install DVD.
> >
> > For example, when I try to install the latest
> version of Kopete by
> > downloading and chossing to install with YaST, it
> then ignores the file I
> > downloaded and asks me to put in my SuSE install
> disk so that it can
> > install the one on there instead.  I'm not getting
> very far with updates as
> > you can imagine.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> I use SuSE.  The important thing with yast is to
> configure the online update 
> to get the SuSE updates.  I use ftp.mirror.ac.uk
> rather than any of the 
> suggested mirrors.
> 
> If you wish to install a non-SuSE supplied rpm, just
> use rpm to install 
> instead of yast.  eg bring up a shell, su to root
> and type "rpm -ivh 
> package-name.rpm" to install a new package or "rpm
> -Fvh packagename.rpm" to 
> update (freshen) an existing package.
> 
> -- 
> Ron Wellsted
> http://www.wellsted.org.uk
> ron at wellsted.org.uk
> N 52.567623, W 2.137621
> 
> 
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